coíca
Old Irish
Etymology
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Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈkoːi̯ɡa/
Numeral
< 40 | 50 | 60 > |
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Cardinal : coíca Ordinal : cóecatmad | ||
coíca
- fifty
- c. 775, Táin Bó Fraích from the Book of Leinster, published in Táin bó Fraích (1974, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited by Wolfgang Meid, line 262
- Do·tháet Findabair cucai, ⁊ coíca ingen impe.
- Findabair came to [Ailill], with fifty maidens around her.
- c. 775, Táin Bó Fraích from the Book of Leinster, published in Táin bó Fraích (1974, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited by Wolfgang Meid, line 262
Inflection
Masculine nt-stem | |||
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Singular | Dual | Plural | |
Nominative | coíca | coícaitL | coícait |
Vocative | coíca | coícaitL | cóecta |
Accusative | coícaitN | coícaitL | cóecta |
Genitive | coícat | coícatL | coícatN |
Dative | coícaitL | cóectaib | cóectaib |
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
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Descendants
- Middle Irish: coícad
- Irish: caoga
- Manx: queigad
- Scottish Gaelic: caogad
Mutation
Old Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Nasalization |
coíca | choíca | coíca pronounced with /ɡ(ʲ)-/ |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Further reading
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “coíca”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language